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I ended up recently using the new Amazon print publishing system. In hindsight, maybe I should have stuck with createspace. Amazon doesn't send you a printed copy for review nor do they send copies...

I'm looking forward to purchasing a copy Dick. I like the way you integrated the full rifle pics vertically. Nice touch and better use of text space. I will be ordering a copy!

Very good - and I am a pilot and engineer. One point about the B-29 losses (and I don't know the answer but just suppose)... The B-29 switched to medium and lower attitude bombing after their initial...

I've come to the realization that there is no good reason to really hot-rod the .45-70... even though you "can" in a modern rifle. For me personally, a 350-405 gr bullet at 1600 fps is plenty much....

Be careful on the Hodgdon website (not sure on the book). Some of the loads they list are very hot. I shoot a lot of .45-70 with SR-4759 and IMR-3031 in modern lever actions and in the Sharps. I...

The 125 gr bullet seated to proper depth will take up excessive volume in the short 380 case. Powder charge will be low. It would need to be low too to keep pressures safe. I think ballistics would...

In the first chapter of Mallory's Krag book there is an 1898 (I think) article from Scientific American that relates how Springfield had just installed their first pyrometers. I don't recall if these...

Thanks - great history there.

psteinmayer - I'm curious... how did you track the provenance of your Krag's use in France? Please tell the story.

This is one of the most beautiful, nearly perfect Krag rifles I've seen. I wonder what its back-story is?

The head of the Krag cartridge is fully enclosed by the chamber when the bolt is closed. A case head separation is not a big deal in a Krag or an Enfield. In a Mauser based action, the rear portion...

The head I f the Krag cartridge is fully enclosed by the chamber when the bolt is closed. A case head separation is not a big deal in a Krag or an Enfield. In a Mauser based action, the rear portion...

Long bullets seated into the rifling and case lube buildup in the chamber could certainly raise pressures. This is usually "okay" with a light cast bullet load as the load is typically well below the...

I use 22 gr of 4759 under a 200 gr cast bullet in my 03A3 to get about 1800 fps. 5744 and 4759 have very similar burn rates. 28 gr sounds like a lot of 5744. I doubt you could double charge the case...

The lack of a P or eagles head stamp would indicate your T stock is a replacement. This thread caught my eye as I own a '17 with a stock fore tip stamped LT with the two letters being over struck. My...

Merry Christmas !

Thanks - that looked good

Given that upward pressure helped some I'm betting that your receiver is not well bedded. I read the list of changes you made but it could be that the wood on your stock has shrunk to the point that...

Back to the original question about what to shoot - .22LR after you convertthe rifle. Otherwise, test the receiver first by whacking it smartly as described above.

Right - in fact every s/n that is quoted in the 901 report is from a rifle made prior to 1917.

The issue is two-fold. They had a weak design with a nascent failure mode but it wasn't uncovered...

Agree - I see the SEE detonation phenomena reported as reduced loads of fast powders very often on various forums. Whereas it is reduced charges of slow powders that cause SEE.

WDD 901 was very enlightening. I went back and re-read Hatcher on the topic too. I didn't think Hatcher was leaving anything out. The tabulation of failures at the end of his book is in line with the...

You are referring to SEE (secondary explosion effect). This can occur with small charges of SLOW powders in large cases. Powder quickness slower than 3031 can be dangerous with reduced loads. Fast...

Interesting story.

In the ordnance reports discussing the lug cracking issue they describe some rifles standing up to many thousands of 2200 fps test rounds and others that cracked or encountered...

The cracked lug issues in the Krag were associated with inconsistent metallurgy couple with widely varying peak pressures associated with the early smokeless powders. The problem manifested when they...